Hear Me Out // h.s

Chapter 6: We Have To What?

I stretched my limbs out as I woke up. I sighed contently as I realized it was the weekend, meaning I had no school. I heard a knock on my door so I called out telling them to come in, suspecting it to be my mother.

"Hey kiddo!" Robert chirped as he stuck his head in the door. I wanted to roll my eyes, but I remembered my promise to my mom.

"Hello Robert, what's up?" I asked, swinging my legs off the mattress and standing up, before stretching again.

"Just letting ya know that there's some pancakes downstairs waiting for ya!" He said. "Hurry up before they're gone!"

"Okay," I said, before shuffling towards the door, my socks making my footsteps silent on the hardwood floor.

I followed him down the stairs and into the kitchen and greeted my mom as I sat down. She was sitting at the other end, drinking her coffee and doing the crossword in the paper. She's a crossword junkie, and spends any time she can doing them.

I grabbed 2 pancakes off the plate and ate them with a bit of syrup, gulping. down my juice afterwards. When I was done and then grabbed my dishes and walked to the dishwasher to put them in.

"What are your plans for today sweetie?" My mom asks me as I'm about to walk through the door.

"Not sure yet," I answer, leaning on the door frame. "I'll have to figure something out."

"You could always help me clean the house!" She said, smiling big at me.

"As fun as that sounds, I'd rather do something more fun. Like run a marathon in a snowsuit, or watch paint dry." I said, walking towards the stairs.

"Suit yourseeeelllffff!" She called after me.

I made my way up the stairs and into my room. I walked to my closet and grabbed a pair of skinny jeans and a flowy blue top with a cardigan over it. My phone buzzed and I picked it up to see I had a text from Zayn.

From: Zayn ;)

Management wants to see the both of us at the office, I'll pick you up in 10. See you soon ;)

I look at the text confused. Why would management want to see me? Even weirder, me and Zayn alone. I have been texting him a bit, and he's a cool guy, but I've never really hung out or talked to him in person other than the day I met him.

To: Zayn ;)

Okay, see you in a bit :)

I finished getting ready before grabbing my phone and my purse. I padded down the stairs in my socks and put my stuff on the stool in the front foyer.

"Mum! I'm going out, be home whenever!" I yelled as I put on my shoes.

"Where're you going?" She asked from the living room.

"Out with a friend," I said. "Something came up and I'm needed for some reason."

"Okay, be home for dinner." She said, turning back to her cooking show.

I finish tying up my converse and I walk outside to sit on my porch to wait for Zayn.

I sit on the steps and I update stuff on my phone. I finally changed my background to a picture of Spencer and I, so I felt a little less creepy. I also changed my ringtone so that it only plays the Harry's laugh song when he calls. I was deleting old photos when Zayn pulled into my driveway. I turned off my phone and put it in my purse before getting up and walking to his car. I opened the door and got into the passengers seat.

"Hello," he said, smiling at me.

"Hey," I say back as I do up my seat belt. He pulls out of the driveway and starts towards the office. "So why do they want to see us?"